Vehicle-curtain fastener



(No Model.)

J. WATTERS.

VEHIGLE CURTAIN FASTENER. 410304 Patented Sept. 3, 1889 WITNESSES r I WJanna I072 John W 'fi? n, Perms. Pmww n w. wan-mu n. a

f UNITED STATES JOHN \VAlTERS, OF

PATnrrr OFFICE.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

VEHICLE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,304, datedSeptember 3, 1889.

Application filed August 24, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WVATTERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-CurtainFasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infasteners for vehiclecurtain purposes.

My improvements relate to the manner of connecting the fastener-headwith the body of the fastener, whereby all of the parts which constitutethe fastener entire are completed and attached together in the shopduring the process of manufacture, so that in applying the fastener tothe vehicle or vehicle-curtains, seat-rails, or top pillars the severalparts are intact, and the labor consists simply in connecting the bodyof the fastener with the vehicle or said parts thereof, and also relateto the manner of constructing the interior or back of the .body of thefastener so as to make provision for the support of an elastic bridge orplate to be placed diametrically within the body as the means ofconnecting and engaging the head with the body.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, onwhich like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1represents a perspective View of my improved fastener and of the partsof a Vehicle-curtain fixture with which it may be I used; Fig. 2,. asectional view of the fastener detached, Fig. 3, a plan view of the bodythereof with the head removed; Fig. 4, an inverted plan view of the bodyand the springplate, showing the interior construction; Fig. 5, a detailView of the back plate; Fig. 6, a plan view of a modified form ofcontour of the fastener-head; Fig. 7, a detail viewof the back plate fora modified form; Fig. 8, a detail perspective view of a modified form ofthe spring-plate; Fig. 9,a section of the body, and Fig. 10 a view of amodified form of the spring-plate.

The letters A and B designate the parts of the curtain-fixture of thevehicle which it is desired tofasten together. To one of these parts Ais attached in Fig. 1 my improved Serial No. 283,655. (No model.)

fastener, the body 0 of which consists of a metallic plate struck up,spun, or otherwise formed, and preferably of elliptical outline. Fig. 5.They may also be of other shapes exteriorly. The body is provided with acentral hole d and with a shoulder D, which by preference is annular,being more convenient and more ornamental than if it occupied but aportion of the circumference. The purpose of this shoulder is to aifordat the back of and inside of the body 0 a rest, upon which is placed abridge-plate E, of spring metal. This plate has an opening 6 in linewith the opening in the body, and through these openings is projectedthe shank of the fastener-head G, a burr g being placed over the innerend, which is riveted or upset, as seen in Fig. 2. By this means theparts are held together with a constant spring-pressure drawing upon thehead, with a tendency to keep the shoulder H thereof in intimate contactwith the body. This shoulder is constructed with several small radialribs I, which register with like indentations Q1 in the body. Thisconstruction forms a lock which secures the head H of the fasteneragainstrotation. The head is further constitutedtof a neck J and awingKthe former to occupy the hole in the curtain-plate to be fastened andthe latter to form an easy means of manipulating the head. The wing isbroad in one direction and narrow in the other, and the curtain to befast ened is easily slipped over the head by turning the Wing of thehead in a line with the length of the hole in the plate during the actof passing it over the head. This done, the head is turned to presentthe wing crosswise to the said hole, which prevents its coming oif ofthe head. to a portion of the curtain-fixture to which They may becircular, as suggested in v The body may be fastened the curtain properis to be secured, or may be fastened to the wooden or other parts ofthevehicle, and is constructed with prongs L and holes M, or witheither. The prongs are to be inserted through the curtain-fixture andclinched, while the holes are to receive screws or other fasteningdevices. The shoulder D is cheaply formed in the body, and,'as alreadyobserved, adds somewhat to the ornamental appearance of it. The springbridgeplate c, besides being supported by the shoulder, as alreadydescribed, is otherwise held by the wall on the fastener-body, as seenin Fig. 4.

A back plate is preferably connected with the body of the fastener,being constructed with notches 0, which fit the prongs 0', as seen inFigs. and 7. In Fig. 2 the back plate is shown fitted to the body, andin Fig. 4 it is partly broken away. It also has holes 1) coincident tothose in the body of the fastener. In cases where the prongs are notused the fastening devices thus serve to hold 7 the back plate in place.In Fig. 8 Ihave shown the ends of the spring-plate bent to rest upon theshoulder D. This form may be used, if desired, though I prefer that theblade should be of one fiat piece. In Fig. 9 I have illustrated abridge-plate as occupying the entire shoulder or interior of the body ofthe fastener. This form will be preferred, in instances Where unusualstrength of the spring-plate is required, so that in referring to thespring-plate it will be understood that the phrase contemplates boththis and the other form described, as also similar forms;

I am aware that a carriage-curtain hook has heretofore been patented andput on the market to some extent. In the construction of this device,however, is involved the ,use of a collar having recesses on the innerface thereof, a spring-seat for a substantiallyrectangular plate havingprojections struck up from the body and adapted to fit into the recessesin the collar, and also having projec tions which extend laterally fromthe body and enter notches formed in a plate constituting the body ofthe button. This body of the button has a recess in the under sidethereof, in which the collar and spring are placed. The engagement ofthe struek-up projections of the spring with the recesses in the collaris depended upon to hold the turn button or knob from turningaccidentally. This construction involves, as will be seen, numerousparts, and the fact in the trade is, that the spring shortly loses itstension and what I claim is new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a curtain-fastener, the combination, with the body thereof, anannular shoulder within the backth'er'eof, and a strip of spring metalextending diametrically to the b'ody,

, resting at its ends upon the said shoulder, and

prevented from turning ornioving around by Contact with the body, of ahead fitted upon the outer side of the body and having a shank whichextends radially through the body and the spring and is enlarged at itsinner end.

2. A curtain-fastener consisting of the following. devices: a spun orstruck up lrietallic body having integral prongs, an annular shoulder, acentral hole, and depi'e s'siti'n's in the outer face of the bodyhem-said here, a strip of spring metal. extending diametrically to thebody and resting at its ends upon the said shoulder and prevented fromturning by contact with the body, and having a central hole, a head widein onecli'r'e'ction and thin in the other at its outer end-,ana a neckand a shouldered shank r'otatably fitted to said hole, and projectionson said shoulder of the shank to fit said depressions; the shank beinupset at the end, for the purpose described; I

In testimony whereof 'I affix thy-signature in presence of twowitnesses.

, JOHN WATTERS. WVitnesses:

L. S. BAcoN, N. BARTLETT.

